Originally posted by Link2004

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It's funny because when I play my hacks in front of people in school, in the library, or at home with my friends, they were blown away with my graphics, level layout, and Luigi's fireballs, and they play SMW just as much as everyone here. BUT, when I show and share my hacks to this board I get this:

"The item box frame have got a different color. Are those chests used ? blocks? It's not looking good anyway..."

"The Start and level tiles look out of place, and the border is just weird"

"What the hex did you do to Chuck and the coins? And turn that damn clock off"

"Luigi looks odd for some reason. Shorter than usual? Aanyway, the BG looks good but the FG, not so much. The platform is a pink color, the SMB3 blocks need to be blue or something (just change them), and the flower is messed up"

Don't worry about it though. I won't post my hacks here anymore. People expect too much out of you here, espacially from my 1st hack. No one wants to help, though everyone wants to quickly criticise everything. It got aggervating, but I finished my game perfectly the way I wanted it not what everyone else want. I worked TOO DAMN HARD on this hack for it to be criticised just by my stupid screenshots. So have fun criticizing.

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Originally posted by Link2004

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After a long look at hints for SMW hackers, I realise that I rushed my hacks out before going through them throughly, checking for bugs and gliches before I send them out. Well, I went over this game 6 times, and it's just the way I want it. It's a revise of my first hack with new enemies, a better storyline, and Luigi's SSB fireballs.














I did the best I can with what I had and what I know, so its up to you guys to criticize my game's backgrounds, rain, and overworld without even playing the hack. I worked real hard to make this game enjoyabe, so I hope everyone have fun playing this hack.

Click on "Zelda 4 Life, nothing less" to go to my site and click on hacks.

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Originally posted by skateboarder11

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I'm not changing or going to change anything and i'll tell you why, You only judged the screenshots and didn't even play the hack. Don't worry about it though. I won't post my hacks here anymore. People expect too much out of you here, espacially from my 1st hack. No one wants to help, though everyone wants to quickly criticise everything. It got aggervating, but I finished my game perfectly the way I wanted it not what everyone else want. I worked TOO DAMN HARD on this hack for it to be criticised just by my stupid screenshots. So have fun criticizing. You have to take it less personally...</rant>

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The rain looks good WHEN YOU PLAY THE HACK. I don't know how to make a screenshot of rain look nice for everyone. Well... most of us don't see THAT MUCH rain usually. :-\

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Originally posted by Link2004

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This picture gets a 7/10, due to a few things.
1: Luigi could use a bit of a lighter color for his face.
2: The platform looks fine, but just darken the pink and orange colors of the palette it is using.
3: Thwomp looks great.
4: Background looks cool, but it CAN hold more than just 16 of those 8X8 tiles, you know. add a little something in between the pillars. If not that, then make the background color black, because I have never seen maroon light!
5: Now the last thing is that the blocks here look like they have a light outline and might also look goood if the blue was a bit lighter. Graphics are fine, just change the palette.



Wow! 9/10! I know you didn't get a ten, but I'm a bit hard to please.
1: The outline around the item box is orange, but it doesn't pose as a problem in my eyes, because it seems to... blend in! This may not need to be fixed.
2: The treasure chests that replace the brown used blocks are a bit strange since they float.... hmmm.... maybe you could use animations and put a little hand-drawn propeller tile underneath each chest!
3: AWESOME background.
4: I seem to notice the flower a bit more here, so I'll say this here. The others say the flower looks wierd, but they have problems. It looks fine. I see nothing wrong with it.



Pretty average. 8/10.
1: Lacks sprites. That is, unless you already killed off a few enemies.
2: Put one more berry or two on the bush.
3: Same floating problem with chests, I still suggest little propellers.
4: The white background color suggests an overcast day. Since you already have clouds, it looks like a strange fog or mist feeling. Make it a lighter blue.



Very involved, I give 10/10.
1: The idea of using clear translucent blocks for widows is very neat, and it even looks realistic!
2: The rain does make it a bit unclear. Remove a drop or two from the animation.
I have something to say to cpubasic13. These pictures are not and do not look stolen. He did not edit the graphics or much less use layer 3 in any of the photos, exept for the overworld photo. The graphics were changed, and that is all, and that is very possible, you know. Why am I saying this here? I just got the feeling that in this particular photo, you thought the rain was on layer 3. If that is the case, no, he put it on layer 2 and enabled the priority for the rain tiles.



Hmm, this needs some work... 6/10.
Mostly a decoration problem, I'll list the decoorations I think you might want to add.
1: Clouds. If you put a few layer 1 clouds in this overworld island, it'll look a bit more realistic. I am sure that at least one of these levels in this area has a cloud background.
2: Palette. Like everyone else said, the palette for the starting pad is messed up. Easily fixed, you know.
3: Graphics. Maybe a little sparkle or two in the level tile would look nice. And I am assuming the "T" stands for your name, right?
4: Graphics (again). The island does, come to think of it, look a bit square. Maybe put a few jagged edges on it. Oh, and put a little island or two in the water.
5: Layer 3 looks good here, although I suggest something else to replace the fireball graphics.



Looks great, but 2-point deduction from charging chuck. 7/10.
1: Why 2 entire points? The head for the charging chuck is seriously weird (halloween was 2 days ago, dangit) I mean, videogamerpat did a great job with the koopa head for the chuck, and I think you could do a much better job too if you put a little more effort into it.
2: Luigi's fireball looks cool, now I suggest that, if possible, you use more than one color for the fireball, 2, maybe three, but only if possible without messing up any other palettes. It already looks fine, but that was only a little tip.
3: The coin looks fine, but there's a little thing you must remember. This is not the first version of this hack you released, so make it say V.2. I assume (again) that the "T" is for your name.

Great going with everything else in these shots, Link2004!

"I did the best I can with what I had and what I know, so its up to you guys to criticize my game's backgrounds, rain, and overworld without even playing the hack."

Well, a few other people are being a little agressive, and I assure you, their explanations were a bit short. I like a good hack, so I separately reviewed each screenshot with tips on improving it, so your hack could be better. I never critisized, or a least tried not to, and I hope my info will help enrich your hack. It is true I haven't played this hack, and I don't plan to because I can just watch my little brother play it, because he liked your first version of this hack, but these were all judged from the screenshots.

"I worked real hard to make this game enjoyabe, so I hope everyone have fun playing this hack."

It seems very enjoyable to me, and I bet those that have played it have had a good time.

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